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Obverse
Piece bbc100bs-bcs (Obverse)
Photograph credits: JAG
Reverse
Piece bbc100bs-bcs (Reverse)
Photograph credits: JAG
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Characteristics from Design B, Type C
  • Identification Code: bbc100bs-bc
  • Size: 77 x 177 mm (3.03 x 6.97 in.)
  • Obverse: Design in black over a background in yellow and blue. On the left, allegorical of a seated woman with a sailing ship at right. On the right, portrait of an unknown woman. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO CARACAS", "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" and the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B. 6.000.000". In the center, the denomination in words "CIEN BOLÍVARES" «one hundred Bolívares» with the payment clause "EL BANCO CARACAS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR EN DINERO EFECTIVO" «The Banco Caracas will pay to the bearer in cash» / "A LA PRESENTACION DE ESTE BILLETE" «upon presentation of this banknote». On the upper left corner and right corners the denomination value "100" within a guilloche. On the bottom, the date filling space "Caracas, _____ de 19__".
  • Reverse: Design in green. In the center, allegorical of the Justice with an scale and sword surrounded by the issuer name "BANCO CARACAS", "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" and the capitalization amount. On the left corners and on the right the denomination value "100" within a guilloche.
  • Production information: March 1907: 4000 pieces (serie F5, interval F33000 - F36999)
  • Design variations in the obverse: From Design B, Type B, changes the date filling space from "18__" to "19__".
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbc100bs-bcs
  • Piece type: Specimen banknote without date
  • Date: No date
  • Serie: F5. Prefix F followed by 5 zeroes or digits
  • Amount: Unknown.
  • Printer: The Hommer Lee Bank Note Company New York
  • Note: Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).
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Warning
- Due to the absence of official information on the banknotes issuance made by private and public entities before the creation of the Central Bank of Venezuela, the list includes known pieces or pieces referenced in a bibliography.
Identification in other catalogs
NOTE: The piece identification from the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM) used in this website is updated to: Specialized issues (7th edition - 1995), General issues 1368-1960 (14th edition - 2012) and Modern issues 1961-2019 (25th edition - 2019)
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